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We received this book as a gift for our son's first birthday, and he has loved it to death! He loved to fill in the missing words as we read to him, and quickly learned all of his nursery ryhmes. Now at age 2, he is rediscovering this treasure...he has fallen in love with the illustrations all over again, and he understands the meaning and humor in these wonderful rhymes!

I got this book when I was little and now I want this book for my little girl. My favorite nursery rhyme is the one about the Crooked man. I reccommend everyone buying this book for their children.

The Classic Mother Goose is the perfect book to introduce nursery rhymes to kids of all ages. The illustrations in this book captivate the smallest children and they will choose this book over and over again as a favorite for bedtime stories. My kids read our first copy to death. That is the true test of how good a book is.

Anne of Green Gables is about an orphan that gets picked to go with avery nice woman and her sweet shy brother but it was all an accident. It was an accident because the woman and her brother wanted a boy to help the man do the work outside because his back was hurting and he needed help, but when they sent a lady named Nancy to the orphanige, she made a mistake and told the orphanige they wanted a girl. But because the lady and her brother became very fond of her and began to like her, they decided to keep her. The woman's name is Marilla and her brother's name is Matthew. The orphan's name is Anne. Anne is a 12 year old girl with a huge imagination. She talks alot but Matthew and Marilla don't mind. they kind of like it. Anne has red, long and curly hair. She doesn't like it but she thinks it is't bad. She finally went to school after she settled in. she made lots of friends, but her best friend is a girl who lives next to her. Her name is Diana. they love each other alot. Anne uses big words and likes poems and books that have sad and romantic endings. she is sometimes a trouble maker but did alot of useful things and is a good girl. She is really good with kids because before she came to Green Gables, she used to live 2 families. the first one, the woman's husband died and she moved to live with her mothr in law but she didn't want Anne . The second family, the same thing happened to the husband, he died and the wife and her kids went to a different state. But the reason she became really good with kids was because the second familt who went to another state had 8 kids including 3 sets of twins.
This book is amazing because everything i mentioned wasn't even half of what Anne does and her adventures. I really love this book because children and adults love it. I know adults would like it because my mom read it and she really likes it, so i'm pretty sure aduls would like it. When my parents bought it for me, i couldn't stop reading it. I didn't even have a boring part because all the parts are either funny or catching. I had alot of favorite parts but i really liked the part when Anne and her friends were playing Elaine. It is a poem and they wanted to act it out. so some one had to get in a bout and act dead and the other gils would push her and the bout in the water. And the girl who did it was Anne. If you like books exitment and amazment, you will surely like Anne of Green Gables.

This series is a wonderful way to introduce your children to literature. I have an 8 yr old and a 6 year old. All I have to do is read them the first chapter and my 8 year old keep reading to the 6 year old. They have read through this book as well as 8-9 others in this series. Each one keeps them captivated and encourages a love of reading.

Anne of Green Gables is about an orphan that gets picked to go with avery nice woman and her sweet shy brother but it was all an accident. It was an accident because the woman and her brother wanted a boy to help the man do the work outside because his back was hurting and he needed help, but when they sent a lady named Nancy to the orphanige, she made a mistake and told the orphanige they wanted a girl. But because the lady and her brother became very fond of her and began to like her, they decided to keep her. The woman's name is Marilla and her brother's name is Matthew. The orphan's name is Anne. Anne is a 12 year old girl with a huge imagination. She talks alot but Matthew and Marilla don't mind. they kind of like it. Anne has red, long and curly hair. She doesn't like it but she thinks it is't bad. She finally went to school after she settled in. she made lots of friends, but her best friend is a girl who lives next to her. Her name is Diana. they love each other alot. Anne uses big words and likes poems and books that have sad and romantic endings. she is sometimes a trouble maker but did alot of useful things and is a good girl. She is really good with kids because before she came to Green Gables, she used to live 2 families. the first one, the woman's husband died and she moved to live with her mothr in law but she didn't want Anne . The second family, the same thing happened to the husband, he died and the wife and her kids went to a different state. But the reason she became really good with kids was because the second familt who went to another state had 8 kids including 3 sets of twins.
This book is amazing because everything i mentioned wasn't even half of what Anne does and her adventures. I really love this book because children and adults love it. I know adults would like it because my mom read it and she really likes it, so i'm pretty sure aduls would like it. When my parents bought it for me, i couldn't stop reading it. I didn't even have a boring part because all the parts are either funny or catching. I had alot of favorite parts but i really liked the part when Anne and her friends were playing Elaine. It is a poem and they wanted to act it out. so some one had to get in a bout and act dead and the other gils would push her and the bout in the water. And the girl who did it was Anne. If you like books exitment and amazment, you will surely like Anne of Green Gables.

Think about this for a sec...
Your going to a grave yard at mid night with a friend to see if devils are really and if there take the body of a dead man who died a couple days befor. Any way you and your friend are waiting for the monsters to come and take the bait but as your waiting you hear a sound but its not what you expect. Its three intirely different people coming for the goods left in the cofin. But then out of no were one of them kills his partnerand blames the other one for doing it! Then you and your friend relize your in grave danger, if the murder finds out that you know what he did then he'll come after you and your buddy next!How did Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn do it? find out by reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

These are just fantastic books. Tom Saywer is the first of these classics that I read to my kids and they absolutely loved it. The book itself is beautifully bound and seems like almost a collectors item. I found that they really did manage to capture all the best parts of the original and kept the pace going so the kids couldn't get enough. Well done....will collect all the Classic Start books!

My third grader loved this book, as well as the one about Huck Finn. He's not one to just pick up a book and start reading. He has to be motivated and encouraged! So, to see him WANT to read this book without me pushing him ~~~ means it MUST be good! He said it was full of adventure and he loves adventure. These Classic Start books are GREAT! I highly recommend!!!

Treasure Island

Retold by Chris Tait Original story by Robert Louis Stevenson

I am ten-years-old and my Teacher, Mrs. McAuley asked us to write a book review on the book we read. This is mine.

This book is just one of the Classic Starts series. These books are easy to read and good for all ages. I highly recommend this book as a good family novel because it's easy to make a mind image of putting yourself in the story. I would like to see this made into a movie.

The story has many different settings, first you start out in Admiral BenBow Inn and then we go on board the Hispanola ship, eventually it all ends up on Treasure Island. At the Inn we meet Jim Hawkins and his mom who rents a room to Billy Bones. Billy Bones turned out to be a pirate with Captain Flint's secret treasure map that Jim Hawkins found.

Jim shares the map with his trusted friends and they all decide to buy a ship, hire a crew, and set sail for the treasure. Chapter Seven describes the crew which includes: The captain (Captain Smollet), the ships doctor (Doctor Livesey), the cook (Long John Silvers), 2nd mate (Officer Trelawney), 1st mate (Arrow), and 19 additional crew members. Can you tell which crew members are evil and which are good, read the book and see. However, it'll be hard to tell whether Long John Silvers is either a friend or a foe.

With so many crew members and only one treasure, a battle is about to spawn. Good sailors, and evil pirates, who will become victorious and receive Flint's treasure,?

Near the end they finally land on Treasure Island. While searching for the treasure suddenly... "Fifteen men on a deadmans chest--- Yo ho ho in a bottle of rum" everyone screams in fear, at the familiar voice... but if Flint's dead and the Island is uninhabited, who can it be?

You feel like a kid again when you get these small treasures to read. Treasure Island is one of those little books that you have to read. I read it as a child and you don't appreciate them as much then as you do now looking at the book and thinking back to when you first read it. Now I want my kids and someday my grandchildren to read it, too. It's a great gift to start a little ones library with.

my son is 19 years old, in jail and is finally trying to read and is enjoying it! thank you for having the classics starts, it's not heavy reading but it was exciting as he can accomplish reading a book in 2-3 days! it gives him accomplishment!

I am only one of the lucky students who have not only had the pleasure of reading this book, but I have had Mr. Yanoff as one of my teachers. I really only picked this book up because I enjoyed his teaching so much. As a future teacher I can honestly say that after having Mr. Yanoff as a teacher and after reading this book I think that I am ready to take on the challenges in the classroom. Thank you Mr. Yanoff for you wonderful class and for writing this book so I will never forget what you taught me. :)

I found the book to be a practical guide to all sorts of situations that face teachers. I found it particularly helpful in giving hints for difficult classroom discipline and management situations. I would consider this a perfect gift for any student teachers under my tutelage, as well as new teachers in my school. Our librarian is purchasing several copies for the teacher resource center in our library. I anticipate many teachers will benefit from the practical advice!

As someone who is new to teaching high school English, I was looking for a "good soul" to hang with during that first incredible year in the classroom. There were a few of these folks, but I needed serious help. I found this book, flipped it open to the table of contents, and read it through to the end in a single afternoon. My stress just slithered away! Mr. Yanoff is the "angel on my shoulder" now, and I refer to his wisdom and just plain horse sense everytime I have a problem with a student or a parent, or when my confidence drops. There is no scenario he has not covered in his book. I take this book everywhere I go. Thank you Mr. Yanoff :-)

I have strabismus which means I'm "cross-eyed" and I read this book (with one eye closed) and it really touched me. I think that if you have strabismus you should get this book now it is personal yet accurate!

I am practising strabismus in private sector and as educator at the university. This is the most comprehensive overview of the current status of the knowledge of strabismus. The way that it is presented makes a difficult subject so understandable and you immediately know you are up to date. Rosenbaum has succeeded in getting just the cream of specialists together to get everything into the right perspective.This book can be recommended to any practising ophthalmologist or ophthalmology student who is really interested in understaning the subject.

Reading this book, as a resident, fellow, pediatric ophthalmology or general ophthalmologist, you will find how several of the best strabismologist in the world, explain clearly their thoughts in those topics were they are just the best. You don't need be a strabismologist to understand this book, your knowlodge will get the top; but if you are a squint specialist, you will see how you enjoy reading this book, and how your clinical assesment and procedures in strabiusmus improve.

I have been an Elizabeth E. Wein fan since I discovered Winter Prince a few months ago, and I think this book is amazing. I really like the character of Goewin; she's tough and smart and she is not afraid to try things a woman in her time did not do. I admire that, and I also like her stubbornness. :) I enjoyed the plot, the dilemmas involved in the succession of kingship (especially for Goewin), though initially I had to keep looking up the Ethiopic terms in the back. But I found the whole book enjoyable, and I feel as if I know and care about all the characters at the end. I hope Ms. Wein continues this series for many more books, because I can assure you I will read them all!

Wein has pulled together the finest fabrics of fiction and brought them together in one masterpiece of a novel. The book is thick with lush description of the colorful Aksum and equally enthralling characters.

Princess Goewin is swept off to Africa, where she is to marry Constantine, after her family is killed. Here we meet Priamos, son of Caleb; Telemakos, Goewin's enchanting young nephew, son of her half-brother; and Candake, the "queen of queens," and many more. As the story progresses, Goewin learns much from Aksumite people and takes matters into her own hands.

Over all, this is an excellently written book that will leave readers of all ages waiting for the next companion book (The Sunbird).

I read The Winter Prince six or seven years ago and I didn't know a continuation was in the works until a few months ago. Which is probably a good thing considering how annoyingly slowly those months passed. It was not the sort of book you forget.

I read A Coalition of Lions in a day. It's a fast read and actually a good deal lighter than The Winter Prince, though that's not saying much. Though the books follow many of the same characters, the narrators are different and I thought COL was not nearly as intense. The history, descriptions, and imagery in this book were wonderful. There are some clever connections, excellent lines, and memorable moments as well.

While it deserves every one of those five stars, I couldn't conceive of saying it is as good as The Winter Prince. But this in a sort of Joseph Heller sort of way. When people tell him he never wrote anything better than Catch-22, he responds with "Who has?" My favorite part was Medraut hitting the target (well, no not really but that was great). He didn't get many lines, but I would (and did!) wait six years for him, too. Speaking of waiting, let's hope the next book is on its way to the printers.

This is a very comprehensive collection of works of Conan Doyle. User friendly Table of Contents. EZ access and navigation. Great ebook!

I've bought about four or five of these complete works collections from this publisher. They are all exactly what they claim to be: the complete works of the author. For someone who doesn't want to be nickeled and dimed to death, these are a phenomenal value.

I have the printed collection of Sherlock Holmes stories and this has all of them and more. Wonderful mysteries that I can enjoy over the years. Just great for my Kindle library when I'm browsing for a short mystery or a novel. The Hound of the Baskervilles is my favorite. A great collection. The Sherlock Holmes stories ruined all the TV mysteries for me decades ago. After reading Doyle's stories the TV mysteries became very shallow and juvenile in comparison.

Weighing in at almost 1200 pages, and consisting of 140 essays from the world's top Jewish scholars, this book doesn't sound like something you'd bring to the beach -- but in reality, it's not so bad. The essays, organized alphabetically and each dealing with a specific topic ("Aesthetics," "Aggadah," "Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism," "Apocalypse," "Atheism," "Authority," "Bible Criticism," "Catastrophe," "Charity," etc), read more like sermons than academic research papers. In other words, they're unpretentious. I don't know how the editorial team managed to rein in 140 independent authors and convince them to all write like human beings, but kudos to them for pulling it off. It couldn't have been easy. I can't even pick up a collection of the best essays in European philosophy without having to plow through 40 pages of dreck by some clown who's trying to mathematically prove that we're not all brains in vats.

Anyway, everything in this book is both solid and reasonable; it's a book to be respected and, more to the point, it's a book to be read. Pick it up and read a random essay -- any essay. You won't be disappointed.

These essays from one- hundred and forty experts on various subjects central to Judaism are organized in alphabetical order. The essays as to be expected are not of uniform quality but many are truly outstanding. I remember one essay especially and that is Aviezer Ravitzky's essay on the concept of ' Shalom'. In a beautiful piece Ravitzky shows the various levels of the concept's meaning in Judaism. It is not simply ' peace' as the absence of war but rather defines the ideal relation within a person within a family within a society, the ideal relationship in which there is harmony, balance and completion. And of course 'Shalom' is too one of the Names of G-d.
It is difficult to read any of these essays without learning something fundamental and important in Judaism. I would say it is a must for the library of every serious student of Judaism.

Students don't like to buy books for their college courses but every now and then there is one they keep and enjoy for the rest of their lives. This is one of them. The late Arthur Cohen and Paul Mendes Flohr assembled a remarkable array of first rate authors to write on an encyclopedic range of topics relevant to an understanding of what Judaism is all about from a contemporary perspective. I've used the book since 1994 in an intro to Judaism course I offer every year, and I have never been disappointed. Occasionally, the essays demand a bit much from an undergraduate student. But as long as s/he is ready to engage in reading texts that don't dum down the issue, s/he'll get something valuable out of it. I recommend this book most highly.

`The Cook Book Decoder or Culinary Alchemy Explained' by retired Canadian professor of Chemistry, Arthur E. Grosser is easily the spiritual godfather of current impresario of culinary information, Alton Brown, in that it seeks to explain everyday cooking phenomena with a big dollop of humor.

While this little book pales in comparison to Harold McGee's encyclopedic coverage of food science in `On Food and Cooking', this book serves its purpose by making it easy to read and to understand a few good facts about a few really important aspects of food chemistry. Oddly enough, the book also can revive interest in some backwaters of cooking technique.

It is meet and right that the very first subject is the egg, the single most useful natural product in the kitchen. In this chapter, the author introduces a feature of his book that would make it an excellent text for a grammar school or middle school course in food science. A chemist to the end, the author offers numerous suggestions on simple experiments that may be performed with standard kitchen equipment. The first topic is the whys and wherefores of cooking a hard-boiled egg. This is my first sense that the good professor may have a few clay feet. In my great survey of cooking praxis, there are two competing methods for successfully making a hard-boiled egg. The method endorsed by this author suggests poking a hole in the blunt end of the eggshell and dropping the prepared egg into boiling water. The alternate method which my experience shows works equally well involves placing the raw eggs in cold water in a pan on the burner and bringing the water and eggs up to boiling whereupon both methods have us simmer eggs for about 12 minutes. Oddly, the second method relies on a fact of egg anatomy that the author clearly describes and uses as a justification for his recommendation. This is the presence of tiny pores in the eggshell at the blunt end. The cold start uses these by increasing heat slowly. The hot start uses the same principle, but helps its case by creating a much larger hole to let air escape from the egg rather than build up pressure and crack the shell. All of this is relatively unimportant beside the fact that the author's discussion of egg cookery is both entertaining and informative.

One of this book's greatest services may be the author's giving us procedures on how to bake and how to coddle eggs. I have not seen such loving attention paid to egg cookery lately except in the very French `Essential Cuisine' by Chef Michel Bras. Compared to the arcane techniques needed to poach eggs or cook omelets, coddling and baking seem to be simplicity itself. And, coddling offers an enormous range of enhancements comparable in many ways to the great variety of omelet preparations.

Aside from eggs, the author discusses:

Vegetables, especially their colors and how colors are affected by cooking.
Garlic, Onions, Cabbage, and Potatoes, and how these smelly veggies can be tamed
Beast and Bird and how to keep juicy
Fish: Food for Thought and how to fry
A Bowl of Plastic Fruit and Thou
Sauces, Cereal, Pasta and Other Thick Things
Desserts: "It Comes with the Meal"
Baking: "If It's Enriched, It Needs Enrichment"
Beverages: The Devil's Works

Each chapter ends with a nice little resume that is much more a collection of mottoes for improving our cooking than it is a summary of the facts presented in the chapter. These are suggestions you hear from all the `Food Network' experts for which our author has given us the explanation of why these are good things to do or to avoid. This `resume' is the basis for the book's whimsical title, as it explains this kitchen lore which cookbook writers and chefs have been following for generations, often with no thought to why the practices work.

I did find a few other nits to pick. The author was curiously obtuse in explaining the origin of the term `Maillard reactions', as if this former professor was quite satisfied in passing on what may be no more than hearsay. These phenomenons, along with caramelization, are two cornerstones of our understanding of what happens when high heat encounters sugars and protein. This tells me that while the good professor was a chemist, he was not a professional `food chemist'. Another small lapse is in his explanation of why it is important to have a high oil temperature when putting fish in to fry. Grosser states that this is needed to form a crust to keep the oil from entering the flesh and creating a greasy dish. A much more likely explanation from both Alton Brown and Shirley Corriher is that the high heat turns water in the food into steam and the outward pressure of the steam bars the oil from entering the food. While it may seem to be a small point, as both explanations recommend a high oil heat, the steam explanation means that food should be removed from the hot oil as soon as the flesh is cooked, while the crust explanation suggests the food could stay in the oil indefinitely without becoming greasy. So, the correct explanation is important for practical cooking.

As mentioned at the outset, this book makes excellent use of humor to make this subject entertaining. Other virtues that distinguish this book from some others are the very nice little experiments and the practical summaries. Even if you have memorized your McGee and have read other good food science books such as `The Science of Cooking' by Bristol University (UK) don Peter Barham, I recommend Dr. Grosser's inexpensive little volume, especially if you have budding adolescent cooks under your wing.

I am both a chemist and an amateur chef. I have, on occasion, cooked chinese food for as many as 25 people - which is not bad considering that I am not Chinese! But, of course, the question that always lies at the back of my mind when making something is "why?" as in "why do eggs turn white when fried?" or "why does cornstarch thicken a sauce?". Arthur Grosser's "The Cookbook Decoder or Culinary Alchemy Explained" answers these questions and many more. It is an engaging tour through the chemistry behind cooking by a master chef. It is filled with gentle explanations and interesting experiments. And some absolutely delightful recipes. What more can you want in a book?

Arthur Grosser makes acquiring useful knowledge an appetising prospect. This book's combination of chemical facts, easy and delicious recipes and fun cartoons makes it an excellent read and a useful gift. The text is clear, the style amusing and the results gratifyingly edible - and drinkable - try recipe 121 followed by 120!